Comments on: The pitch is “not level” http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/02/21/the-pitch-is-not-level/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anne Mugisha http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/02/21/the-pitch-is-not-level/comment-page-1/#comment-11422 Anne Mugisha Mon, 01 May 2006 23:10:24 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=380#comment-11422 We the people of the Commonwealth come together to sign this petition to demand that the Commonwealth be held accountable to its own committments under the Harare Declaration of 1991. Two past elections in Uganda in 2001 and 2006 have returned the incumbent after violent campaigns and rigged results as ruled by Uganda's Supreme Court and observed by local and international election observers. Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth for electoral fraud and violence, yet Uganda will be honored by hosting CHOGM 2007. We demand equal treatment of all member states regardless of the color or race of their citizenry. Act Now! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/983107725 We the people of the Commonwealth come together to sign this petition to demand that the Commonwealth be held accountable to its own committments under the Harare Declaration of 1991. Two past elections in Uganda in 2001 and 2006 have returned the incumbent after violent campaigns and rigged results as ruled by Uganda’s Supreme Court and observed by local and international election observers. Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth for electoral fraud and violence, yet Uganda will be honored by hosting CHOGM 2007. We demand equal treatment of all member states regardless of the color or race of their citizenry. Act Now!

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]]> By: …My heart’s in Accra » Museveni “wins” http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/02/21/the-pitch-is-not-level/comment-page-1/#comment-7837 …My heart’s in Accra » Museveni “wins” Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:39:40 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=380#comment-7837 [...] I predicted that Museveni would get 55% of the popular vote and claim victory without a runoff in Uganda’s elections, and that the opposition would declare the vote rigged and respond with increasingly intense protest. I was off by 4% - Museveni is reported to have received 59% of the popular vote, though his party concedes that he lost Kampala, northern and eastern Uganda. It’s almost irrelavent whether international observers declare the voting free or fair as the situation leading up to the vote was so grossly unfair, with major opposition candidate Kizza Besigye harrassed with every tool the Museveni government had at its disposal. [...] [...] I predicted that Museveni would get 55% of the popular vote and claim victory without a runoff in Uganda’s elections, and that the opposition would declare the vote rigged and respond with increasingly intense protest. I was off by 4% – Museveni is reported to have received 59% of the popular vote, though his party concedes that he lost Kampala, northern and eastern Uganda. It’s almost irrelavent whether international observers declare the voting free or fair as the situation leading up to the vote was so grossly unfair, with major opposition candidate Kizza Besigye harrassed with every tool the Museveni government had at its disposal. [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Uganda: Election violence http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/02/21/the-pitch-is-not-level/comment-page-1/#comment-7690 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Uganda: Election violence Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:30:31 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=380#comment-7690 [...] My Heart’s in Accra reports on tomorrow’s Ugandan elections which have been marred by violence and arrests. [...] [...] My Heart’s in Accra reports on tomorrow’s Ugandan elections which have been marred by violence and arrests. [...]

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